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Samuel Spence - k.i.a. at Rooikopje, 24 August 1901 8 years 6 months ago #47183

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Samuel Spence. Killed in action at Rooikopje, South Africa, on 24th August 1901, aged 18. Son of James Duncan Spence and Jenefer Spence.

This family headstone is in the Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.



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Samuel Spence - k.i.a. at Rooikopje, 24 August 1901 8 years 6 months ago #47184

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Very nice, he was in the 74th (Dublin) Company IY.
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Just goes to show that it is the young who fight the wars of old men.......

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